Should we be Royal?

Should we all be vegetarians?

Quantum networks: where should we be heading?

Quantumkey distribution network has become a reality in practical environment. Quantum repeaters have been explored in various physical systems and their combinations. For practical use of them, these newparadigmsmust be combinedwith existing or emerging infrastructures of communication and security systems. In this article, we discussed howquantumnetwork can be combinedwith modern cryptographi...

ExNOTic: Should We Be Keeping Exotic Pets?

There has been a recent trend towards keeping non-traditional companion animals, also known as exotic pets. These pets include parrots, reptiles, amphibians and rabbits, as well as small species of rodent such as degus and guinea pigs. Many of these exotic pet species are not domesticated, and often have special requirements in captivity, which many owners do not have the facilities or knowledg...

Hypertension and children: should we be aware?

Hypertension and Children Should We Be Aware? To the Editor: We read with interest the article of Rosner et al1 about trends of high blood pressure in children. The results of this study are of great concern. Thus, this study showed that between 1988–1994 and 1999–2008, the prevalence of hypertension in children aged 8 to 17 years increased from 15.8% to 19.2% (P=0.057) in boys and from 8.2% to...

Future collapse: how optimistic should we be?

Prof. Kelly FRS is optimistic about the chances of avoiding a collapse, but sadly we find his arguments entirely unpersuasive. For example, have Malthus (or we) really been wrong about food security? Roughly 850 million people are seriously undernourished (lacking sufficient calories) today, and perhaps 2 billion are mal-nourished (lacking one or more essential nutrients) [1]. When Malthus live...